Alright, everyone, I just added the complete teack listing to the description :). All artists are linked so you can find their Soundclouds too. Enjoy!

a lot to learn I have, but this is where my free SoundCloud directed me after Obitykenobi and Mindel. can't wait to experience this transference of sound, as my mood mingled with the melodies here in the midwest. love it so far . 7 minute mark ❣️😘‼️😀.gonna be dancing to it soon. it's just now 7 here in the RiverCity, Kentucky

I have another, paid, but I think I'm gonna give it up and use this free one from 2009ish

that voice hit at the perfect time. well played

Live from Lightning in a Bottle 2025

This is my personal favorite set I played at Burning Man 2024 due to it's uniqueness and the vibes of the camp.  

It wasn't a huge crowd but it was contained nicely and people were down for the musical journey with me :). 

Musically it's varied and pretty hard to put into a genre but leans techno with some bubbly, melodic, progressive, and ravey energies

Thanks much to Jack Donevan for having me play, I had a blast!

Hope you enjoy, and hope to see you on the Playa in 2025!

Ben Annand Live at Burning Man 2024 - 3 - Thursday 2am at Syncitium

This recording has been on repeat in my headphones for the past couple of weeks, ever since I re-discovered it! The setting was daytime in the desert, not too long after sunrise, and because it was October, the heat was not overbearing at all. The wind picked up towards the end, and the dance floor held strong -- Moontribers know how to get down in any condition!

I hope you enjoy this melodic, progressive journey as much as I do.

TRACKLIST:

1) Berührung (Original Mix) - Michael Ritter, Felix E, Sister Sol (DE)
2) Bliss Point (Original Mix) - Aera
3) Asking Much (Original Mix) - Upercent, Paul Brenning
4) Code Introvert (Original Mix) - igor Bartyuk
5) 4C41 (Original Mix)- ARCYDARO
6) With Me (Original Mix) - Ivory (IT)
7) Falling Together feat. Oona Doherty (Original Mix) - Jamie xx, Oona Doherty
8) Walk On Water (Extended Dub Mix) - Lauren L'aimant, King & Early
9) Be Human (Original Mix - Ivory (IT)
10) Touch My Sins (Yet More Remix) - igor Bartyuk
11) Baja (Original Mix)- SNYL
12) When The Sun Comes Up feat. JAI RYU (6AM Version) - Eelke Kleijn, JAI RYU
13) Stranger's Town feat. ZOE ASKA (Lost Strings Version) - Eelke Kleijn, ZOE ASKA
14) Make U Happy (Extended Mix) - Luttrell
15) It's Not Over (Original Mix) - Sahar
16) Perfect Blue (Original Mix) - Molac, Eduardo McGregor
17) Who is (Original Mix) - Jaydee
18) Vicious Lights feat. Kiki Cave (Lexicon Avenue Remix) - Gai Barone, Luke Brancaccio
19) Morgana (Booka Shade Remix) - Monika Kruse
20) Dawn (Original Mix) - Nicky Elisabeth
21) Tides (feat. Bajka) (feat. Bajka) - Beanfield, Bajka, Meduza, HEVOLVE
22) Something Right feat. Molly Moonwater (Original Mix) - Luttrell, Molly Moonwater

Live at Moontribe FMG, October 2024 - Melodic Tech

After 25 years behind the decks, I've learned that every DJ has a unique path.

I'm DJ Deckard, I’m launching 'A DJ's Journey' - a podcast that explores the stories behind the music with the DJs who shaped our scene.

My first guest is pioneer DJ Dan, taking us from the early West Coast rave scene up to today's electronic landscape.

Welcome to A DJ's Journey - where every beat tells a story.

A DJ's Journey Hosted by Deckard - Ep1 DJ Dan

Chris Irvin Live @ Lightning in a bottle Friday May 23 2025 Junkyard stage. What an amazing time & festival to be a part of! Thanks for my making dreams come true! Big love to the entire Junkyard family! Patricio, The Do Lab, all the Dj's & crew!! Home away from Home :)

Chris Irvin live @ Lightning in a Bottle L.I.B.  JUNKYARD stage

Full Video Recording Here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bCRygIW22s&t=3s

@canaryyellowmusic


Watch

Canary Yellow Live @ Lightning in a Bottle 2025 - Daisy Chain Takeover

Watch Full Video Recording Here: https://youtu.be/XX_FNvrO8eA?si=OH7qwdNjdeazwk22

@villagersound

Villager Live @ Lightning in a Bottle 2025 - Daisy Chain Takeover

Watch Full Video Recording Here: https://youtu.be/kmlcGWdmMhM?si=uZc9K6QM4ixo1skW

@playerdave

Player Dave Live @ Lightning in a Bottle 2025 - Daisy Chain Takeover

Marques Wyatt live from the Junkyard at Lightning in a Bottle 2025

Marques Wyatt @ Lightning in a Bottle 2025

Zen Selekta @ Lightning in a Bottle 2025

Justin Hawkes live from The Stacks at Lightning in a Bottle 2025

Justin Hawkes @ Lightning in a Bottle 2025

The FnF Summer Campout is one of our favorites. The setting is amazing and the sound and visuals are unreal. I was honored to throw down this up beat Techno set Friday night. Hope you enjoy!

1. Radical Experience - sin:port
2. Let’s Go Dancing - Layton Giordani
3. Lifestyle - Lampe
4. Manipura - Belocca
5. Control - Charles D
6. Seven Life - Piero Dp
7. Voyager - Space 92
8. Just One Life - Cosmic Boys
9. Body Move - Kos:mo
10. Circus Freaks - Adam Beyer
11. ENERGY - Victor Ruiz
12. The Procedure - Danny Avila
13. Rudeboy Ramping - Belocca
14. When I Push - Eli Brown
15. Don’t Go - Adam Beyer
16. Somebody To Love (Danny Aila remix) - Ben Kim
17. Bom Bom Bom - Cosmic Boys
18. Injected with a Poison - UMEK
19. Flipping - Heerhorst
20. La Pointe - Belocca
21. X - Jay Lumen
22. Dreaming (Eli Brown Remix) - Dom Dolla

FnF Summer Campout 2025

Kicking off our 2025 mix release season from Otherworld, it's the Doddfather himself. Did you know? This is the first time he's released one of his mixes that he actually played at Ironic Spin! 
Amazing stuff. 
A quirky, bumpin', and fun journey through a myriad of Dodd-like sounds, played at the peak of our kick-off night on Thursday. Get into it, man.

Photo cred - Captured by Quinn

Tracklist:

Jex Opolis - Soundstorm (Jazzy Mix)
Siva Prayojan - Dream State (Viapo Remix)
Teleport-X, XAVi st - Many Things
Sharon Graziani - Calling Operation
Gorgin - Operation Hades
Bora Project - Control Surface (Hiboo Remix)
Space Food - Cama
Wepassana - Votume
Carbon - Soft Barker
DJ Tennis, Luke Alessi - Dale Dale
E-Talking, Paramida - Read My Lips 
Nandu, Redeckt, Tripolism - Dope Dance
Mikalogic - New Essence
dj pressed - GOLDEN GOD
Perote - Hallucination View
sub6, Michelle Adamson - 7th Son (Andre Absolut Remix)

Dodd - 12AM Thursday @ Ironic Spin 2025

Thanks to DoLab - Jesse, Dede, Megan and all for producing another amazing festival that I'm so honored to be regular at, and to the Junkyard- Patricio and Chino for the amazing stage and sound!

Edit July 16 - Track List just added!  A million thanks for the artists represented here for their dedication to making interesting electronic music in a world with limited interest in that.  There are those of us that care!

1 - State Of Mind - Andromo (@andromo)

2 - Burning - Zetbee (@zetbee-1)

3 - Versace - Jorick Croes, Enrico Chirchiello  (@jorickcroes,  @enrico-chirchiello)	

4 - Special For Me (Extended Mix) - Michel De Hey (@michel-de-hey)

5 - Space System - Nick Dare  (@nickdare)

6 - Bonjour Tokyo - M.ono (@m-ono)

7 - Gorgeous (Oscar Barila Remix) - Oscar Barila, Vasily Umanets  (@oscarbarila, @vsiliyumanets)

8 - I Can't Lose You (Pete Moss Remix) - Mo'Cream	(@petemosstracks, @mocreamproductions)

9 - Control (Gorge & Nick Curly Remix) - Hank (@gorge, @nickcurly, @hankkorsan)

10 - Grow (Joel Mull Remix)- Paul Brtschitsch, Malte, Mrrod (@joelmull, @paulbrtschitschofficial) 

11 - MOOG Hero - Joel Mull (@joelmull)

12 - A Feeling (Instrumental) - Jasper Street Co., Nicole Moudaber (@jasperstreetco, @nicolemoudaber)

13 - La Petite Faveur (Fsk24 Remix) - DJ W!ld (@chris-carrier-841295497, @djwild)

14 - Cami's House - Hector Couto (@hectorcouto)

15 - New World - Tuccillo (@tuccillo)

16 - Celestiarp - Vini Pistori (@vinipistori)

17 - Indignation - Kevin Yost (@kevinyost)

18 - Nothing 2 Me - Jorick Croes, ØN.THE.RUN (@jorickcroes)

19 - So Good - Supernova, Thomas Newson  (@supernova, @thomasnewson)

20 - Daydream (Extended) - Archie Hamilton, Sadie Walker (@archiehamiltonmusic, @sadiewalkerband)

21 - Urban House (Leo Portela Remix) - Luis Caballero (@leoportela, @luis-caballero)

22 - Frunky (Ray Okpara Remix) - Berami (@rayokpara) 

23 - What U Need (Marco Grandi remix) - Moe Turk (@marco-grandi, @djmoeturk)

There are just a couple of parties that I play enough times to make a completely specific set for each time, and make it my absolute best.

One is Lightning in a Bottle, which I'm not a resident of but have played 7 of the last 8 fests.

I've prepared for many different time slots at LIB, always looking at this large and spectacular festival as one where people primarily want to dance and have fun.

So I ramp up my funk and vocals (usually playful but i did have one protest lyric in this year's - you can't miss it).  

I lean on the uplifting side, spend a lot of time choosing music and organizing a playlist so i can play appropriately for my time slot and come back thinking it was one of the best sets I've ever played.  

Something that was different for me this year is I took a year and a half off from buying new music prior to LIB in order to reporganize my collection, which now spans 30 years.

Sometimes it's better to understand better what you already have before adding to a massive music collection.

But I never intended my break to be that long!  It just kept going.  And I had a couple of hard drive farts in the middle which didn't help.  

But anyway,  I started buying music again about two months ahead of LIB because I wanted to play an all new music set,  and I also wanted to to  take the time to understand the new music very well.

The problem with playing all new music at a gig is that I don't always take the time to understand it well enough to know if it's as good as the music I already have.  It's fun because it's new... but is it really adding something?

So this time I really took the time to select tracks - I was picky AF!  
This time I spent a lot of time also to play with my tracks, mix them in different ways and really try to only include tracks that were blowing my mind, so that I could give that to the dance floor.

Also spent a lot of time on tagging producers in this description - hope it helps you to discover some great new artists and music!

Ben Annand LIB 2025 Junkyard Closer

In "Wildfire," Galestian and Sarah Bird craft a track that is an exploration of connection and the human spirit.

Sarah's vocals carry a vulnerable tenderness, while Galestian's production creates a world with ethereal textures and earthy percussion. Together, they blend the primal with the celestial.

Galestian, an LA-born and Berlin-based artist, has carved his place in electronic music with support from icons like Tiësto and Nora En Pure, and collaborations with GRAMMY-nominated acts like Paul Oakenfold.

Sarah Bird (Ultra Publishing) is an award-winning, London-based Australian singer-songwriter, known for the depth of her sultry and alluring voice, with releases on major dance labels such as Ultra, Armada, and Sony.

Mass Digital is a Serbian DJ/producer known for his melodic and organic house sound, with releases on esteemed labels like Lee Burridge's All Day I Dream. His remix of "Wildfire" takes the original and turns it into a deep, groovy, dancefloor-driven journey.

At its heart, Wildfire is about surrendering to the dualistic dance between intensity and tranquility, a perfect fit for the ninth release on Global Entry Recordings.

Wildfire

Wildfire (Mass Digital Extended Remix)

**Automation Nation presents the IBZ25 Album** – Featuring a double-track release from **Propa People** delivering pure late-night energy.

**‘Friends’** and **‘Nabu’** are both hypnotic, chunky groovers, blending deep and edgy textures with that unmistakable Propa People touch. Built for the underground, designed for the dance floor – these cuts lock you in and keep you moving.

Late-night vibes, sunrise memories – **IBZ25** has them both.

IBZ25

Friends LNG

Propa People - Friends LNG  (Original Mix) (2)

DONT STOP.

I hope you enjoy my music and how I mix it.
For bookings contact benannand@gmail.com // gunita@listedbookings.com

2025 Confirmed dates

Jan 1 Los Angeles - Moontribe NYD
Jan 17 Los Angeles - Tropikroma LA Fire Benefit
Jan 31 Los Angeles - The Livehouse Presents
Feb 1 Orange County - True Ent LA Fire Benefit
Feb 13 Portland, OR - Silk and Sound at Secret Grove
Feb 21 Los Angeles - the Livehouse Presents
Feb 22 Los Angeles - Be My Tropical Valentinew
Feb 28 Pahoa, Big Island, HI - Bee Dance
Mar 1 Honolulu, HI - Centered at Bevy
Mar 2 Honolulu, HI - Anuras Afterhours
Mar 14 Guadalupe Canyon, BC Norte,. Mexico - Leyenda de Eterna
Mar 20 San Jose Del Cabo, BC Sur, Mexico - Afterhours
Mar 21 San Jose Del Cabo, BC Sur, Mexico
Mar 22 Cerritos Beach - Spring Fling at Big Fun Beach Club
Mar 28 Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
Apr 4 Eugene, OR - Soul Sessions at Play
Apr 5 Portland, OR - Lit at Capacity Social Club
Apr 18-20 Anza, CA - Tropical Hot Tub Oasis Retreat
May 2 Vancouver BC - Gorgomish Afterhours
May 3 Vancouver BC - The World Afterhours
May 21-25 Bakersfield, CA - Lightning in A Bottle Festival
more soon...

Biography:

In his zone from deep house to techno, Ben Annand pairs impeccably smooth mixing skills with a dynamic style that keeps the music moving, artfully playing with breakdowns and spending most of his time in the mix.

“For me, a great mix is the interplay of 2 unique pieces of music, creating something greater than the sum of the parts - and a great set weaves those mixes into a musical flow you can’t help but lose yourself in on the dance floor.”

Ben fell in love with dancing and rave culture in 1995, and learned to mix in 1996. Just 2 years later he became resident dj at the famed Moontribe Gathering, and started his own production company, Tropical. The first half of his career was mostly focused on DJing abroad, with 13 trips to Moscow’s Propaganda club, travel across Russia, Spain, and Mexico, an appearance at Wiggle at Fabric in London and two at the Labyrinth Festival in Japan.  

In more recent years, Ben Annand became a top West Coast festival DJ, and recently played a standout set at his 5th consecutive Lightning in a Bottle (CA). He has also appeared at Sunset Campout and Desert Hearts (CA), Oregon Eclipse (OR), Photosynthesis and Cascadia (WA), Shambhala and Motion Notion (BC, Canada).

As organizer of Tropical, he's donated over $32,000 to charity, hosted zero-waste events in Hawaii, and presented gender-balanced dj lineups.

Whatever his project,, Ben Annand is always contributing, and always thinking outside the box.

Visit our website: http://thedolab.com

Do LaB is an events business and leader in American festival culture based out of Los Angeles, California. We build and promote music festivals, interactive environments, and unique structures that exhibit and celebrate our ethos of human connection, art as transformative experience, and environmental sustainability. We have created our festivals from the ground up and are best known for Lightning in a Bottle (LIB), Woogie Weekend and The Great Convergence, which took place at the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Our creative structures and environments have inspired and connected thousands at festivals all over the world including Coachella, Boom Festival, Virgin Music Festival, Global Gathering, and many more.

Stay tuned for what's coming next! http://thedolab.com

Producers of:
Lightning in a Bottle || http://lightninginabottle.org
Woogie Weekend (2015-2016) || http://woogiewknd.com
Dirtybird Campout (2015-2018) || http://dirtybirdcampout.com

Ben Annand LIB 2025 Junkyard Closer

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